Common Core State Standards English Language Arts

Grades 9-10,Reading for Informational Text

Cluster: Key Ideas and Details.

Standard: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

Next Generation Science Standards

Grades 9-12

Standard: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity. [Clarification Statement: Examples of key natural resources include access to fresh water (such as rivers, lakes, and groundwater), regions of fertile soils such as river deltas, and high concentrations of minerals and fossil fuels. Examples of natural hazards can be from interior processes (such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes), surface processes (such as tsunamis, mass wasting and soil erosion), and severe weather (such as hurricanes, floods, and droughts). Examples of the results of changes in climate that can affect populations or drive mass migrations include changes to sea level, regional patterns of temperature and precipitation, and the types of crops and livestock that can be raised.]

Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards

Grades 9-10

Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text

Standard: Key Ideas and Details.

Indicator: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

Wyoming Standards for English Language Arts

Grades 9-10

Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text

Standard: Key Ideas and Details.

Indicator: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.